Senate roll call 618 · 113th Congress · Dec 13, 2014
Sarah R. Saldana, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security
On Dec 13, 2014, the Senate voted 48–35 on “On the Motion to Proceed” (PN 1996). Result: Motion to Proceed Agreed to. By party: Democrats 47–0, Republicans 0–35, Independents 1–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 113th Congress (2013–2014), Barack Obama was president, and Republicans held the House majority and Democrats the Senate majority.
- Result
- Motion to Proceed Agreed to
- Yes
- 48
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Dec 13, 2014
By party
- Republicans0 yes · 35 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Democrats47 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- Mark Begich D-AK
- Mark Pryor D-AR
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Michael F. Bennet D-CO
- Christopher Murphy D-CT
- Richard Blumenthal D-CT
- Christopher A. Coons D-DE
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Brian Emanuel Schatz D-HI
- Mazie Hirono D-HI
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Joe Donnelly D-IN
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Elizabeth Warren D-MA
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Angus Stanley King Jr. I-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Al Franken D-MN
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN
- Claire Mccaskill D-MO
- John E. Walsh D-MT
- Jon Tester D-MT
- Kay Hagan D-NC
- Mary Kathryn (Heidi) Heitkamp D-ND
- Jeanne Shaheen D-NH
- Cory Anthony Booker D-NJ
- Martin Heinrich D-NM
- Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Jeff Merkley D-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Robert (Bob) Casey Jr. D-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Mark R. Warner D-VA
- Timothy Michael (Tim) Kaine D-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Joe Manchin III D-WV
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK
- Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- John Boozman R-AR
- Jeff Flake R-AZ
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Johnny Isakson R-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- James Risch R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Rand Paul R-KY
- David Vitter R-LA
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- John Hoeven R-ND
- Debra (Deb) Fischer R-NE
- Kelly Ayotte R-NH
- Dean Heller R-NV
- Patrick Joseph Toomey R-PA
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- Lamar Alexander R-TN
- John Cornyn R-TX
- Rafael Edward (Ted) Cruz R-TX
- Mike Lee R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Ron Johnson R-WI
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
Did not vote
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Mark Udall D-CO
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Marco Rubio R-FL
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- William (Mo) Cowan D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Mike Johanns R-NE
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Jeffrey Scott Chiesa R-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
- Tim Scott R-SC
- Robert (Bob) Corker R-TN
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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